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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4241 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a pilot program 

to improve transportation planning, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 3, 2017 

Ms. ESTY of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of 

Illinois, and Mrs. COMSTOCK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a 

pilot program to improve transportation planning, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation Access 

5 and System Connection Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PILOT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of carrying out sec8 tions 119, 133, 148, and 149 of title 23, United States 

9 Code, the Secretary of Transportation, in accordance with 


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1 the requirements of this section, shall carry out a pilot 

2 program to improve transportation planning. 

3 (b) DATA SETS.—In carrying out the program, not 

4 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 

5 the Secretary shall acquire for a participating State or 

6 metropolitan planning organization a data set containing 

7 information measuring the level of access by all transpor8 tation modes to important destinations in the State or 

9 metropolitan planning organization, such as jobs, edu10 cation, health care, and food sources. 

11 (c) SELECTION OF PARTICIPATING STATES AND

12 MPOS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall select, 

14 on a competitive basis and in a manner that ensures 

15 geographic diversity, 5 States and 10 metropolitan 

16 planning organizations (including 6 such organiza17 tions that serve an area with a population of not 

18 more than 200,000) to participate in the program. 

19 (2) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to partici20 pate in the program, a State or metropolitan plan21 ning organization shall submit to the Secretary an 

22 application at such time and containing such infor23 mation as the Secretary may require. 

24 (d) CONSULTATION WITH PARTICIPATING STATES

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1 pating States and metropolitan planning organizations to 

2 determine the benefits of the data sets acquired under 

3 subsection (b). 

4 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 120 days 

5 after providing data sets to States and metropolitan plan6 ning organizations under the program, the Secretary shall 

7 submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra8 structure of the House of Representatives and the Com9 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 

10 a report on the results of the program, including the feasi11 bility of issuing similar data sets to all States, regions, 

12 and localities. 

13 (f) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out the pro14 gram using amounts made available to the Secretary as 

15 administrative expenses under the sections referred to in 

16 subsection (a). 

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